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could be a bit of. this is deja vu news live from berlin protesters in hong kong defy a ban on making their voices heard thousands of demonstrators take to the streets for an unauthorized rally undeterred by recent violence attacks pro-democracy activists. and also coming up thousands have turned out in lebanon for a 4th day they're protesting austerity measures aimed at tackling the country's crippling economic crisis. and bolivia's left wing president abel more about it looks to be heading for a runoff effort inconclusive election. and
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when blue cross thanks for joining us in hong kong protesters have defied an official ban and staged a pro-democracy rally that descended into chaotic scenes it's part of months of widespread outrage by residents who see their semi autonomous freedom getting sold out to mainland china tensions are particularly high after a protest leader and another activist were brutally attacked earlier this week. the protests went on into the night defying a ban by police by then things had descended into chaos. george a fellow reporter and her camera man were confronted by police you know nothing was found out you know with a guy like
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a gun it was the authorities had forbidden the rally in a high end shopping district some protesters said they were simply there to check out the merchandise. i just want to disprove. the. basic in the sense. of the fact. that. the stakes seem to be rising sunday's violence follows the stabbing and beating of 2 pro-democracy protesters this week. demonstrators targeted mainland chinese own shops and banks and they had special venom for the city's chief executive kerry lamb who many see as a chinese puppet was. the for 6 everything. first world to approve or still live in the informal to the biggest stumbling block
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this conference was full i fumble for the former says. with passions running high demonstrators don't seem to be in the mood to back down any time soon the. protests are also gripping lebannon for a 4th consecutive day hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to express their anti-government grievances it started with new taxes to address severe economic crisis but those plans were dropped protests expanded to wider dissatisfaction and corrupt with corruption and incompetence. they have come in their thousands thronging list streets of beirut protesters gather for a full. with day of demonstrations. sunday drew the largest crowd yet all over lebanon anger at a corrupt political class and an ineffective government has reached
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a boiling point. and while it is not the these ministers and legislators should be fair and in jail the thieves were borrowing money from other countries on behalf of the lebanese but then put it in their own pockets to get much done this government has done nothing but divide us as well as making us poor citizens must retain their dignity this is why we won't leave the streets without taking down the regime and forming a transitional government with exceptional powers to rebuild the country. right now . not to have people can't afford it anymore there are no good schools electricity and no water. basic needs in lebanon are not being met and these are the demands of each person here and. then almost all. that. i began as a protest over proposed tax hikes turned into demand for sweeping change high unemployment poor public services and a soaring government debt as you noted lebanon's diverse religious sects in protest
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prime minister saad hariri on friday promised far reaching reforms but he was put under further pressure when lebanon's christian leader went on air and announced the withdrawal of his party from government do you see it. just decide to toss them in a says to resign from government i. what becky and to assist on our demand to form a new government. fall away from the current majority of ministers of music halle. late on sunday reports emerged that the governing coalition had agreed on a reform. package that would slash government wages cut the budget deficit and overhaul the electricity sector. the embattled hariri will hope that the reforms satisfy those calling for change on the streets. and
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a ballot count in bolivia shows left wing president evo morales is in the lead following sunday's vote but it might not be anough for an outright win a runoff may be necessary come mid december seeking an unprecedented 4th term and faced a tough race despite getting credit for lifting millions out of poverty critics accuse him of corruption and anti-democratic rule now morales voice confidence that he will ultimately be the winner. for more than 13 years our political movement has presented social and professional progress in several sectors in the face of a right wing opposition that wanted to go back to the past. this is the field where we went ahead with our process of change and we are going to continue with it . the past and now to some other stories making news around the world there
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have been more violent protests in chile despite the government suspending a proposed metro fare hike that sparked the protests at least 2 airlines have canceled flights to the capital santiago which is under a state of emergency 7 people are reported dead from fires related to the unrest. kurdish forces have withdrawn from the syrian town of ein as demanded by turkey when it agreed to pause its incursion there on korea wants to establish a buffer zone between the border and kurds whom turkey views as terrorists on sunday a convoy of ambulances carrying wounded civilians and kurdish fighters was seen leaving the area. in swiss alexion is the right wing people's party lost support but remains the strongest faction in parliament green party's made historic gains giving them a shot at a seat on the national federal council for the 1st time but that is far from
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certain and will be decided later this year. the u.k. foreign minister says he believes prime minister boris johnson has the backing to get his breakfast deal through parliament british lawmakers voted on saturday to postpone taking up the proposed deal with the european union that required jobson to request another extension something he had been refusing to do and told brussels he doesn't want. that we have reached the best possible a tale of 2 letters after a day of parliamentary wrangling boris johnson was forced to write to the e.u. requesting yet another brags that delay he had earlier said he would rather be dead in a ditch than request another extension to show is on happiness he did not sign the letter to his fellow briggs a tears that was making the best of a bad business letter was sent because paul and it required to be sent home and consist of the letter was sent
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a poem and can't change the prime minister's mind as if to prove that point johnson then sent another letter more true to his heart arguing against any delay and this time he signed it so with less than 2 weeks until oct 31st what will happen next. summer bracing for more legal and parliamentary maneuvers that could bog down any progress meanwhile the idea of having another referendum on leaving the e.u. seems to be gaining ground hundreds of thousands of protesters massed in london while parliament was in session calling for britain to remain in the e.u. . we feel it's take the time out of this we've got to get back to people we've got to do a lot more thinking it's not all right just to say well it's been 3 years now well that's important with that no will i think i'm a bit confused about what happens next i'm not quite sure want to do i i think the people who are on a state want to lie so they can have a referendum after years of wrangling over brags that many britons and people in
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the rest of the e.u. are exhausted by all the drama but the latest alay means the play will run a little longer. alice turned to do you have your correspondent barbara vessel who sent us this report from london often have we said that the coming week may be decisive for pricks it this time it could really be the case in spite of the extension which boris johnson had to ask for in brussels over the weekend something he did was ill grace and that face. a scottish court will decide on monday whether the prime minister is therefore in contempt of parliament and off the law the leader of the conservatives in the house of commons or his meanwhile tables a fresh attempt to have a meaningful vote on the brakes to deal with the e.u. for this monday senior tories like my could go for it declared on sunday they were confident if the numbers to push it through and therefore to be able to leave the e.u. on october 31st as planned but the speaker of the house might yet prevent this no
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voting on the same bill till the outcome fits the government he had already told to resume a last winter. course johnson therefore may be stuck in his 2nd to attempt to pass the deal. should that be the case the big showdown will be pushed back to tuesday when the e.u. withdrawal bill comes up the domestic law implementing breaks it then a flurry of amendments is to be expected in order to further shape the exit from the e.u. and for a final decision on a 2nd referendum. of the australian airline quantas soared into aviation history by making the longest ever nonstop commercial flight a boeing 787 dreamliner took off from new york and landed in sydney almost a day later the journey was a test for altria long haul routes which the airline is hoping to get off the
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ground so if you can stand the jet lag the story is for you. week 2 for the already very soft. cover $16.00 right place a light touch down in sydney off to 19 hours and 16 minutes in the. competing the longest commercial passenger flight to date and it's jenny hoff way around the globe the quantize boeing 787 dreamliner covered 16200 kilometers. the test flight with 49 passengers and crew on board was conducted to see how ultra long haul and travel can affect pilots crew and passengers. after taking off in new york the crew kept on the cabin lights to reduce jetlag instead of dimming them as there's no money down on a night flight i'm feeling wonderful because i've followed the passages of the advice to the passengers which was to immediately go on to sydney tottenham the
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moment we stepped on the plane in new york we did special exercises in the cabin crew fix assizes to refresh and revive the passengers we had special hydration advice. on the picture. the flight was the 1st step to its quantas goal of operating nonstop flights connecting sydney with new york and london which would save passengers up to 4 hours of travel time so we need to show that this can be done safely the company don't you know with with the rest that we have for the pros we believe that this that that this information will help us get there. 2 more research flights a planned and if you're wondering about the ultra long haul flights carbon footprint one to us hasn't given any specifics but said that all carbon emissions from the flight will be offset. that central madrid is usually the
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scene of bustling traffic while it's usually tourists flocking to the capital on sunday the city streets belong to hundreds of sheep shepherds drove their herds through the heart of the city as part of an annual event to call for the protection of ancient grazing routes that are threatened by urbanisation the protest is at its 13th year. you're watching d.w. news coming up next it's the bundesliga shall go only needed to beat hoffenheim on sunday to go to the top of the table did they manage it chris harrington and his guess we'll have that and a complete wrap of the weekend in just a few moments on the bonus league. and don't forget you can get that in all the latest news information anytime anywhere on our website e.w. dot com and by follow us on twitter at d w news i will include cruft in berlin thanks for watching.
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